Alive(2018)
2018 · Rob Grant · 91 min
A severely injured man and woman awake in an abandoned sanitarium only to discover that a sadistic caretaker holds the keys to their freedom and the horrific answers as to their true identity.
Horror · Thriller
6.0115 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How scary is Alive?
Alive keeps its focus on two people trapped in a crumbling, sterile building, so most of the fear comes from confinement and not knowing who to trust. The pace is slow and heavy, built on unease and small painful discoveries rather than sudden shocks. There's real physical cruelty on screen, and the mystery behind why these two are there adds a layer of mental dread on top of the bodily danger. It's a heavier, more upsetting watch than a fun scare-fest, better suited to viewers who like grim survival stories with a psychological hook.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Alive rates psychological 4/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 85 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 65 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
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A disorienting start that steadily tightens into unrelenting tension through to a brutal final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5.
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